April 07, 2011

Fort Collins Antique Stores

So. We're moving. Looks like we'll use the month of May to paint, re-carpet and do some other fun things to the house and then be moved in by June. We hope.

Naturally, that means there's shopping to be done...and with my mom in town, it's a great time to run to antique stores and start to dream about the kind of look our new house will have.

Mostly, I'm looking for furniture for this room...

Because we really don't have any. I'm really wanting to change the look of our house, so I'm trying to step out of my comfort zone a little bit.

Fort Collins has this great row of antique stores and flea markets, so last night we snuck out to see what they had.

I definitely saw lots of things I would like...(I should note that my husband hasn't seen any of these yet, and I'm not sure we have the same image in our head of what our house should look like!)

Sadly, this armoire isn't in the best condition, but the paint color and the distressed look are right along the lines of what I want. I love color so so much so I don't want a bland palette in here... although... this is pretty incredible too...

There's this other spot in our eating area that I'm looking for something cool, like a buffet maybe... this is the space.

Over off to the left, there, so it's not a big space. I'll need something thin because we'll have to put a kitchen table here too...we're in the market for a new one of those (a round one) because it will fit the space better and because ours has turned into an art table.

I sort of fell in love with this...

...though I worry it might be a bit too deep for the space I've got. It's on sale. Big time. I love it.

I'm really loving this blue right now (I took this for the color, not the piece of furniture)...

I also think this old mail sorter is the coolest thing ever, but I'm not looking for anything dark.

It was $795 and now it's around $300! Quite a steal, no?

I almost picked up this chair for the entryway...

I want to paint the kitchen a buttery yellow, so it'd be nice to have a chair like this to pull that color into the other part of the space, but I ended up not getting it. I may have to go back though...I kind of love it.

I fall asleep dreaming about what we could do in here...

...but quickly get overwhelmed by how much I don't actually know about decorating. It's something I've wanted to do for a long time and kind of shied away from in our old house (because it was brand new)...but here, it's like a blank slate.

5 Comments

LOVE all the pieces you found! I would have had a very hard time saying no to that fabulous low-back chair and the spectacular white armoire/hutch! I live in KC and I have yet to find any great antique stores like you seem to have in Ft. Collins! Pls post more once you get some key pieces! :)

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